Type 1 copper site synthetic model complexes with increased redox potentials

Steric, geometrical and solvent effects on redox potentials in salen-type copper(II) complexes.

Two diastereomers of the Schiff base ligand [N,N'-bis(2'-hydroxyphenyl)phenylmethylidene]-1,2-diamino-1,2-diphenylethane (H(2)L) were used for the analyses of the redox behaviour of the copper(ii) complexes [Cu(L(R,R/S,S))] (rac-) and [Cu(L(R,S))] (meso-). Both complexes were structurally characterised by X-ray crystallographic studies and showed square planar geometries. The reduction potentia...

Synthetic [FeFe] Hydrogenase Active Site Model Complexes

A density functional theory protocol for the calculation of redox potentials of copper complexes.

A density functional theory (DFT) protocol for the calculation of redox potentials of copper complexes is developed based on 13 model copper complexes. The redox potentials are calculated in terms of Gibbs free energy change of the redox reaction at the theory level of CAM-B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)/SMD, with the overall Gibbs free energy change being partitioned into the Gibbs free energy change of the...

Redox potentials of the blue copper sites of bilirubin oxidases.

The redox potentials of the multicopper redox enzyme bilirubin oxidase (BOD) from two organisms were determined by mediated and direct spectroelectrochemistry. The potential of the T1 site of BOD from the fungus Myrothecium verrucaria was close to 670 mV, whereas that from Trachyderma tsunodae was >650 mV vs. NHE. For the first time, direct electron transfer was observed between gold electrodes...

Redox Potentials of Ligands and Complexes – a DFT Approach

A review of the limited literature concerned with theoretical ways to predict experimentally measured redox potentials of ligands and complexes is presented. Electrochemical and related DFT studies involving series of para-substituted nitrobenzenes and -diketone bidentate ligands are discussed. New studies involving ferrocenes and bimetallic complexes (containing both rhodium and iron) are addi...